Family Stories

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AHLBERG, AllanThe Woman Who Won ThingsLondon Walker Books 2002 0744581273 / 9780744581270 First Edition Hard Cover Near Very Good Very Good McEWEN, Katharine Glazed pictorial boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 80pp; colour ills. Toning and thumbing to pages which are a little wavy. Unclipped dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to edges and scuffed to surface. The second adventure about the Gaskitt family.
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10.00 GBP

BLYTON, EnidThe Four CousinsLondon Lutterworth Press 1962 First Edition Thus Hard Cover Good Fair THOMPSON, Joan Red boards in pictorial wraparound dustwrapper; 93pp; colour frontis plus b/w ills. Slight lean to spine; front endpaper has corner clipped plus some surface lifting; small tape residue to front pastedown; foxing and light marking to prelims. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed, chipped and creased with small losses to spine ends and upper corner of front panel; tape mark to upper corner; splitting to edge of front flap, which is only just holding on; sunning to spine, now in removable sleeve. A story about Granny's plan to help two poor children have a seaside holiday.
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10.00 GBP

CONRAD, PamHolding Me HereOxford Oxford University Press 1987 0192715801 / 9780192715807 First UK Edition Hard Cover Good Good Red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper; 184pp. Significant tanning to pages. Unclipped dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to foot of spine with faint stain to reverse, just visible to front. Robin is forced to acknowledge the pain of her family situation when a lodger comes to stay.
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8.00 GBP

FARJEON, EleanorAmeliaranne's Washing DayGeorge G.Harrap & Co. Ltd 1934 First Edition Hard Cover Near Very Good PEARSE, S.B, Red cloth boards with pictorial onlay pasted to front, no dustwrapper; colour ills. Slight lean to spine with light rubbing and bumping to corners; offset tanning to first and last pages; light smudging and finger marking to pages; binding only just starting to crack in a couple of places but still firm. Ameliaranne mixes up the laundry so the party guests end up wearing fancy dress.
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30.00 GBP

HARRISON, AdaLucy's Village: A Story for a Little GirlOxford University Press Hard Cover Near Very Good Good 128mm x 158mm AUSTIN, Robert Undated [1945]. Small format paper-backed pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper; colour ills. Light bumping to spine ends and corners; previous owner gift inscription to front pastedown; small 1cm tear to lower edge of one page. Dustwrapper is chipped to corners with several small tears. The story of a little girl's Nannie as a little girl herself.
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25.00 GBP

HARRISON, AdaLucy's Village: A Story for a Little GirlLondon Scolar Press 1979 0859675246 / 9780859675246 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good AUSTIN, Robert New edition. Small format paper-backed pictorial boards with red cloth spine in matching dustwrapper; colour ills. Small mark to front cover; toning to pages. Dustwrapper lightly toned. Lucy the nanny recalls her childhood in the country.
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8.00 GBP

HEWARD, ConstanceAmeliaranne Cinema StarGeorge G.Harrap & Co. Ltd 1934 Reprint Hard Cover Good PEARSE, S.B, Orange paper-backed boards with pictorial onlay, no dustwrapper; colour ills and pastedowns. Boards are sunned to edges and rather grubby with water mark to lower corner of rear board; previous owner gift inscription to title page; significant browning to first and last pages; binding a little shaky; light marking and off-setting to pages. Ameliaranne achieves her dream of being a cinema star with the help of Charlie the Chimpanzee.
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20.00 GBP